The American Way to Change: How National Service and Volunteers Are Transforming AmericaHow ordinary citizens dedicated to service can change the face of America's most critical issues
What if the nation were able to capitalize on the energy of Americans willing to serve and volunteer for a year or more? This inspirational book tells the stories of real people who have dedicated themselves to service and the nonprofits that engaged them. It shows how selflessness and service have transformed lives and communities, and can address similar problems throughout the country.
This new edition of Mike Davis’s visionary work gives an update on Los Angeles as the city hits the 21st century. No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To detractors, LA is a sunlit mortuary where "you can rot without feeling it." To Mike Davis Los Angeles is both utopia and dystopia, a place where the last Joshua trees are being plowed under to make room for model communities in the desert, where the rich have hired their own police to fend off street gangs, as well as armed Beirut militias.
Florida Travel and Life - May/June 2010Florida Travel & Life Magazine: Discover secrets of what makes Florida unique & attractive, from distinctive architecture & luxurious residential communities, to superb cuisine & world-renowned entertainment.
Design to Thrive: Creating Social Networks and Online Communities that Last
Social networks and online communities are reshaping the way people communicate, both in their personal and professional lives. What makes some succeed and others fail? What draws a user in? What makes them join? What keeps them coming back? Entrepreneurs and businesses are turning to user experience practitioners to figure this out. Social networks require a different set of design principles and ways of thinking about the user in order to be successful.
